KEN MAGUIRE
FILE - Miami punter Lou Hedley prepares to punt during the second half of an NCAA college football game against North Carolina State, Oct. 23, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Hedley is among thousands of international student athletes who can’t earn income from their name, image and likeness on U.S. soil. Some are trekking home to do it. Hedley had to fly 13,000 miles to western Australia to cash in on his name. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
'It's all legal': Foreign college athletes cash in at home

By Ken Maguire May. 30, 2022 01:35 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Miami punter Lou Hedley had to fly 13,000 miles to western Australia to

FILE - Santa Margarita defensive lineman Hero Kanu (45), seen pursuing Servite's Noah Fifita during a Trinity League game at Santa Ana Stadium in Santa Ana on April 15, 2021. American colleges are again tapping the European pipeline for football recruits. The early signing period begins Wednesday when high school kids make their final decisions. Recruits from Germany, Sweden, Denmark and England plan to sign with programs including Michigan, Vanderbilt, West Virginia, Illinois and Texas A&M. At the top of the European list is defensive lineman Hero Kanu of Germany. The 17-year-old Kanu outgrew soccer and only started training for American football two years ago. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP)
Hero Kanu heads international class of college FB signings

By Ken Maguire Dec. 13, 2021 02:01 PM EST
Hero Kanu realized this college football thing was serious when Penn State offered

Venezia's Gianluca Busio kicks the ball during the Serie A soccer match between Venezia and Spezia, at the Pier Luigi Penzo stadium in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. Italian soccer team Venezia is back in the top division for the first time since 2002. And it has tapped Major League Soccer to recruit young Americans in its bid to stay afloat in Serie A. Nineteen-year-old Gianluca Busio arrived in Venice from Sporting Kansas City and 20-year-old Tanner Tessmann from FC Dallas. (Paola Garbuio/LaPresse via AP)
Venezia makes waves with American imports to Italian league

By Ken Maguire Sep. 24, 2021 12:38 PM EDT
VENICE, Italy (AP) — The team bus is a team boat for American midfielder

FILE - Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 file photo, Georgia Tech defensive lineman Sylvain Yondjouen of Belgium (32) poses with linebacker Demetrius Knight II (17) and running back Jamious Griffin (22) after an NCAA college football game against Miami, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Football in Europe usually means "soccer." But increasingly European kids are excelling at American football. So much so that Europe has become a pipeline of recruits for college football programs — and increasingly for schools from the Power Five conferences. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, file)
Europe the 'next frontier' in US college football recruiting

By Ken Maguire Dec. 17, 2020 12:42 PM EST
When Brandon Collier first called college football coaches on behalf of

In this photo taken on July 27, 2019, German quarterback Alexander Honig poses for a photo ina TCU uniform after participating in a football camp at the Big 12 Conference school in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU offered Honig a scholarship after the workout. Honig looks and sounds the part of big-time American college football recruit. The quarterback is nearly 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds. He has a scholarship offer to play at TCU. But the unusual part is Honig is German. It's rare for an American college program to recruit a European as a quarterback. The 18-year-old Honig is taking his talents from Bavaria to Texas with dreams of becoming an NFL QB. (Susanne Honig via AP)
German QB with 'big arm' has big plans for TCU career

By Ken Maguire Sep. 10, 2020 08:30 AM EDT
When you are a German quarterback preparing to play big-time college football

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013 file photo, a Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets player chooses a helmet in the second half of their NCAA college football game against the Pittsburgh Panthers on in Atlanta. Georgia Tech won 21-10. David Shanahan took an unusual path for an Irish teenager but landed a full scholarship to become a punter for Georgia Tech. (AP Photo/David Tulis, File)
Irish punter moving from dairy farm to Georgia Tech

By Ken Maguire Jun. 26, 2020 10:51 AM EDT
Townsfolk weren't the only ones curious about what David Shanahan was up to